Quick/Comparisons
87 | Single-Core Performance | 90 |
34 | Multi-Core Performance | 84 |
86 | Power Efficiency |
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74 | Integrated Graphics | — |
67 | QucikComparison Final Score | 86 |
| 8 | Cores | 20 |
| 20 W | TDP | 125 W |
| 3 nm | Transistor size | 3 nm |
| 140 | Cinebench 2024 (Single) | 138 |
| 712 | Cinebench 2024 (Multi) | 2067 |
| 3009 | Geekbench 6 (Single-Core) | 3206 |
| 11815 | Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core) | 21779 |
| 1260 MB/sec | File compression | 1610 MB/sec |
| 94.7 Klines/sec | Clang compilation | 192.6 Klines/sec |
| 264.5 pages/sec | HTML 5 Browser | 481.8 pages/sec |
| 313.9 Mpixels/sec | PDF Renderer | 600.3 Mpixels/sec |
| 297 pages/sec | Text processing | 342.1 pages/sec |
| 50.2 images/sec | Background blur | 96.8 images/sec |
| 114.8 images/sec | Photo processing | 172.7 images/sec |
| 12.9 Mpixels/sec | Ray tracing | 41.9 Mpixels/sec |
| 4715 | Passmark CPU (Single-Core) | 4921 |
| 19095 | Passmark CPU (Multi-Core) | 58545 |
| 42.6 GOps/sec | Integer math | 143.4 GOps/sec |
| 48.4 GOps/sec | Floating point math | 189.5 GOps/sec |
| 232M Primes/sec | Find prime numbers | 483M Primes/sec |
| 27.3M Strings/sec | Random string sorting | 79.8M Strings/sec |
| 11.5 GBytes/sec | Data encryption | 48.2 GBytes/sec |
| 225.7 MBytes/sec | Data compression | 666.7 MBytes/sec |
| 1862 Frames/sec | Physics | 3667 Frames/sec |
| 10B Matrices/sec | Extended instructions | 54.5B Matrices/sec |
| 160.35 | Blender CPU | 455.75 |
| 35.6 PPW | Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 16.5 PPW |
| 590.8 PPW | Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 174.2 PPW |
| 954.8 PPW | Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 468.4 PPW |
| 8.02 PPW | Blender / Watt | 3.65 PPW |
| — | [Performance Cores] | — |
| 4 | P-Cores | 8 |
| 4 | P-Threads | 8 |
| 4.05 GHz | Base Frequency (P) | 3.9 GHz |
| — | [Efficient Cores] | — |
| 4 | E-Cores | 12 |
| 4 | E-Threads | 12 |
| 2.75 GHz | Base Frequency (E) | 3.3 GHz |
| — | [Total] | — |
| 8 | Total Cores | 20 |
| 8 | Total Threads | 20 |
| 40x | Multiplier | 39x |
| 192K (per core) | L1 Cache | 112K (per core) |
| 16MB (shared) | L2 Cache | 3MB (per core) |
| No | Unlocked Multiplier | Yes |
| Apple M3 GPU | Integrated Graphics | — |
| 1380 MHz | GPU Boost Clock | — |
| 1280 | Shading Units | — |
| 80 | TMUs | — |
| 40 | ROPs | — |
| 160 | Execution Units | — |
| 3.5 TFLOPS | iGPU FLOPS | — |
| - LPDDR5-6400 | Memory Types | - DDR5-6400 |
| 24 GB | Max. Memory Size | 256 GB |
| 8 | Memory Channels | 2 |
| 102.4 GB/s | Max. Memory Bandwidth | — |
| No | ECC Support | Yes |
| Apple | Vendor | Intel |
| October 30, 2023 | Released | October 11, 2024 |
| Laptop | Type | Desktop |
| ARMv8 | Instruction Set | x86-64 |
| Apple M3 | Codename | Arrow Lake |
| — | Model number | 265KF |
| Apple M3 GPU | Integrated GPU | No |
| — | Qualcomm Equivalent | — |
| 25 billions | Transistors | — |
| 3 nm | Fabrication Process | 3 nm |
| 20 W | TDP (PL1) | 125 W |
| Apple M-Socket | Socket | FCLGA-1851 |
| 100°C | Peak Temperature | 105°C |
